Head of a Deity or a Deified King

Arts of Asia

Gupta period, 4th/5th century

India
Uttar Pradesh

Status: Currently Off View
Department: Arts of Asia

Title: Head of a Deity or a Deified King
Place: Uttar Pradesh (Object Possibly made in)
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: 301 CE–500 CE
Medium: Terracotta
Dimensions: 20.3 × 16.6 × 14 cm (8 × 6 1/2 × 5 1/2 in.)
Credit Line: James W. and Marilynn Alsdorf Collection. Gift of Marilynn Alsdorf
Reference Number: 2022.2
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With Galerie d’Art de la Compagnie de la Chine et des Indes, Paris, 1972 [this and the following according to invoice from Galerie d’Art de la Compagnie de la Chine et des Indes, June 21, 1972; copy in curatorial object file]; sold to James W. Alsdorf (1913–1990) and Marilynn B. Alsdorf (1925–2019), Winnetka and Chicago, IL, by 1972; by descent to Marilynn B. Alsdorf, Chicago, 1990 [on long-term loan at the Art Institute of Chicago, Feb. 8, 1983; signed a promised gift agreement for the work, 2008]; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 2021.

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